Example sentences of "[verb] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Stan called me and we met for a chat at his home . |
| 2 | Twenty-seven veterans of the summer campaign to Argentina ( minus centre Christian Coeurville who is involved in exams ) , along with the ‘ tired trio ’ — Sella , Mesnel and LaFond — and the ‘ banned trio ’ of Gimbert , Benazzi and Roumat , and Sebastian Conchy ( the Begles and French students flanker ) met for a squad session in Leon in South West France . |
| 3 | NINE former staff at the old Williams & Glyn 's Bradford Branch were soon talking about ‘ the good old days ’ when they met for a reunion in one of the city 's wine bars . |
| 4 | With an interpreter we met for a drink and he told me that because his home was in East Germany he had been forbidden to travel abroad until quite recently when he became an old-age Pensioner ; this voyage was his first taste of freedom . |
| 5 | We met for a drink . |
| 6 | In the first week of January 1979 , President Giscard d'Estaing expounded his view when he met for a summit conference with Jimmy Carter , Hemut Schmidt , the West German chancellor , and James Callaghan , the British prime minister , on the French West Indian island of Guadeloupe . |
| 7 | Soon after his call , they met for a meal at Shoney 's Big Boy restaurant where Franks/Schafer introduced him to Burchette , who was then working from home as a one-man security service , and to Jack Terrell , a former operative of Oliver North 's in Central America . |
| 8 | Two years ago the 41year-old received a similar amount when his former teams of Liverpool and Arsenal met for a testimonial match . |
| 9 | We should not have to apologize for a vow of celibacy . |
| 10 | For instance , annual sales forecasting for a manufacturing activity undertaking a wide variety of large complex engineering work on a unit and small batch basis may be carried out using a combination of queuing , scheduling and inventory based methods . |
| 11 | Commonly , sales forecasting for a period of up to one year ahead is differentiated from sales and market forecasting for longer periods . |
| 12 | gave a judgment to the like effect , although he limited his remarks to the ability of a corporation to sue for a libel reflecting on the management of its trade or business . |
| 13 | After referring to the ability of partners to sue for a libel on their firm he said , at pp. 145 , 146–147 , 148 : |
| 14 | The General Herborising was also conducted by the Demonstrator who led his more expert colleagues further afield , sometimes to the coast where they would remain for a couple of days or more . |
| 15 | Soon this was to be entered and then only Tibet and Ethiopia would remain for a time unresponsive to European politics , ideas and technology . |
| 16 | The estimate for the current work is far in excess of any price yet realised for a work by Goya and the highest price achieved at auction is currently the $650,000 ( £391,000 ) paid for a drawing entitled ‘ Those who escape work end up like this ’ sold at Christie 's New York in October 1990 . |
| 17 | Hate for a man . |
| 18 | Turn the dough onto a floured surface and knead for a minute before adding the cooked onion , extra oil and chopped olives . |
| 19 | But I do n't think there 'll be any to spare for a day or two . |
| 20 | That is why — ’ raising her head to give him a grateful look ‘ — I had none to spare for a meal at this place . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Let me think for a while . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Ca n't think of anywhere myself , let me think for a minute . |
| 23 | Do n't think for a minute I 'm jealous . |
| 24 | Naturally I did n't think for a minute that my life and spirit could stimulate her . |
| 25 | I do n't think for a minute that I can work them out in movies . |
| 26 | I do n't think for a minute we 'll have to . ’ |
| 27 | I did n't think for a minute that if we ever met again you would so bitterly slap it back in my face with no regard for my feelings . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ When I got back and found your note I did n't think for a minute that it was because you thought I was the father of the child . |
| 29 | Right , well let's just think for a minute exactly what you just said , can you repeat to me roughly what you 've just said ? |
| 30 | Then the men-at-arms under the two banners , the King 's and the Earl 's , had waited outside , and the rest had got round the gate and walked talking inside : the King Macbeth with less meat on him , like a man who fed at sea , and Siward of Northumbria the way he always was , with his chest round as a shield under his tunic , and only his hair and beard greyer than you would think for a man not much past fifty . |